Sometimes Plan B can have the same desired outcome, but a different path for getting there.

Expose yourself to as much randomness as possible.

Expose yourself to as much as possible. Attend conferences no one else is attending. Read books no one else is reading. Talk to people no one else is talking to.

Long-term goals are dangerous. They limit you. They hinder you from reacting to new conditions.

The internet tends to make smart people smarter and dumb people dumber.

I'm just the smallest dot in a big map of human history.

Rule of thumb: Be skeptical of things you learned before you could read. E.g., religion.

It got a little stressful in my first two years of high school, trying to make conference calls with investors in between classes, but I definitely learned a lot of important time-management lessons.

I have a broad range of interests, so I'll always be working on something.

If you really understand something, you can: 1) explain it using a clear metaphor and 2) explain the strongest counter-argument to the idea.

I really focused on three things in high school - my company, basketball and my school work.

Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No - no, your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears.

In order to live the life we desire, and set the intention for greater happiness and more meaningful connections with others, we have to release the hold that our past has on us

You shouldn't hear the guitar by itself. It should be part of the drums... You only notice the guitar when it's not there.

I have the experience we need to make the changes we want and I think that's a winning case.

Tie me up, tie me down, make me moan real loud.

Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die.

We are here to change. We are here to grow, develop and unfold. We are progressive beings that have infinite capacity

I've argued in front of the Supreme Court of the United States. I've argued in almost every circuit. And I tried, as a personal lawyer and U.S. attorney, over 50 cases.

Every country has its own reality and its own leaders, and the leaders act in accordance with their reality.

The commonest ivory tower is that of the average man, the state of passivity towards experience.